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Conference Agenda 4th April 2023
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Arrivals start, registration and poster mounting (refreshments from 10.30) | South Cloisters |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Welcome and Introduction | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Student presentation session 1 - 4 x 15 min slot (talks + Q+A) | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch and posters (posters attended 13:00 onwards) | South Cloisters |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Keynote Talk - Dr Saheli Datta Burton, UCL Science and Technology Studies Not Anytime Soon. The clinical translation of Nanorobotics | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Student presentation parallel sessions 2&3 - 5 x 15 min slot (talks + Q+A, 10 total) | Gustave Tuck LT / Garden Room |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Refreshments (posters attended from 16:15) | South Cloisters |
| 16:45 - 16:50 | Poster Strike and Voting | South Cloisters |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | Keynote Talk - Prof Julienne Stroeve, UCL Earth Sciences Arctic sea ice loss and why we should care | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 17:50 - 18:00 | SNS business | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 18:00 - 18:10 | Prizes | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 18:10 - 19:00 | Reception and networking | Gustave Tuck LT |
| 19:00 | Depart | South Cloisters |
Talks Schedule
Session 1 - Gustave Tuck LT
| Speaker | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Lynette Akuffo + Kiyani Sukumar | Nottingham | Computer simulations to Design New Cancer Therapeutics |
| Courtney Ormrod + Sophie Fowler | Nottingham | Advances in imaging techniques to improve stroke outcome |
| Jasmine Wragg | York | Photonic Devices for the Detection of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease |
| Zuzanna Kosobudzka | UCL | Localised vibrational therapy: the future of semi-remote MSK care |
Session 2 - Gustave Tuck LT
| Speaker | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Rider | Nottingham | Genetics of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 |
| Osla Campbell + Tanisha Dholakia | Nottingham | Well-being and Politics |
| Emma Merryweather | York | Making miRNA louder and personalised healthcare an affordable reality |
| Daniel West | Leeds | Fine-Tuning Protein-Hydrogel Properties for In-Vivo and Medical Applications: A Study on the Impact of DTT and Reaction Rate on BSA Protein-Hydrogel Mechanics and Structure |
Session 3 - Garden Room
| Speaker | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Winter | Open University | The influence of seaweed extract (Ascophyllum nodosum) on growth and yield of lettuce grown in normal nutrient and nutrient stressed non-aerated, non-circulated hydroponics systems. |
| Catherine Jones | UEA | Ocean flows and heat fluxes between ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica |
| Max Butterworth | Nottingham | Organic Polymer Thermoelectric Thin Films for Sustainable Energy |
| Harry Hawkins | Bath | Phononics of Quantum Materials |
| Elsa Cooney | Birmingham | Exploring stress response behaviours in children with autism in specialist schools in the UK |
List of abstracts
Posters
| Speaker | Institution | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Alisha Godhania | Bath | Differences in oligodendrocyte morphology at different locations along the mouse optic nerve |
| Dan Pain | Exeter | Learning from the impacts of the 2022 heatwave on UK poultry supply chain |
| Hannah Coxhead | Bath | Development of a human-liver chip with potential applications in evaluating drug safety and drug screening. |
| Harpreet Panesar | UEA | Identification methods for fibres – documenting problems and limitations |
| Izzy Jordan | Exeter | Maximising Polyphenol Content in Kombucha Abstract |
| Katie Ghali | Exeter | Modelling the impact of bacterial communities on marine phytoplankton |
| Rebecca Wurr | Leeds | Investigating hierarchical structural changes in BSA hydrogels from varying gelation conditions |
| Sam Maynard | Nottingham | Preventing extinction in the 21st century |
| Daniel Wan + Tristan Edwards + Ellen Roshier | UCL | Phagel - the answer to antibiotic resistance in burn victims |
| Isobel Hatton | Nottingham | Spatial Resolution in Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy. |